Good news, everyone: now Fortnite can pay you. After a spat with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wherein Epic Games settled for $245 million dollars, the FTC has now launched a webpage for all eligible Fortnite players to get some money back. As Kotaku reports, on December of 2022, Fortnite developers Epic Games and the FTC settled over allegations that the video game […]
For those who follow Bose, it won’t come as much of a surprise that it’s finally unveiled its new flagship QuietComfort Ultra Headphones ($429) in advance of the holiday buying season. That’s because purported images of the new headphones leaked online months ago. But as CNET reports, what’s a little bit shocking is that Bose, usually slow […]
Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store. Good luck buying a new kitchen appliance that doesn’t beg to be connected to the internet. All […]
Are you an iPhone user looking to upgrade to… the iPhone? Well, you’ll have more to consider this time around since the new iPhone 15 comes with a USB-C port, ending an 11-year run for the company’s proprietary Lightning charging plug. As The Verge reports, the USB Type-C (or just USB-C) is the universal charging and data-transferring […]
Roblox is a massive app — as of September 2023, Roblox says it has more than 65 million daily active users — and it’s becoming an increasingly interesting platform to watch amid growing competition from social and metaverse platforms like Epic Games’ Fortnite and Meta’s Horizon Worlds. As The Verge reports, while Roblox has traditionally been associated as a platform for kids, […]
Last week, Snapchat announced new safeguards on its app to protect teens against unwanted contact and malicious online interactions. The measures aim to provide a more appropriate user experience for youth in the 13 to 17-year-old range as more teens use social media. “What we’re really hoping to do … is to empower parents to be […]
Chrome on the desktop is about to get a new look. Google’s widely used browser is getting an update based on its Material You design language in the coming weeks, and in this case, that will include refreshed icons with “a focus on legibility” and new color palettes that “better complement your tabs and toolbar,” […]
After leaking the Pixel 8 Pro, Google has finally revealed an official look at the flagship device, along with the standard Pixel 8, ahead of its hardware launch event scheduled to take place on October 4th in New York City. As The Verge reports, a pair of video teasers and a new Google Store landing page give a glimpse […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been posting images and videos of its lunar rover to X (formerly Twitter) after successfully soft-landing its Chandrayaan-3 lunar module on the Moon’s south pole last week. The posts include footage of the rover’s exit and its first several meters of driving as well as pictures from the rover itself […]
Fans of director Hayao Miyazaki’s films have been anxiously awaiting his last feature film, The Boy and the Heron, but Studio Ghibli has been extremely secretive, keeping the movie – and its release date – under wraps. The official synopsis for The Boy and the Heron reads: “A boy discovers an abandoned tower in his […]